[Libs-Or] ALA joins others in supporting transparency

[Diedre Conkling]

http://www.districtdispatch.org/2014/06/ala-joins-others-supporting-transparency/

ALA joins others in supporting transparency
Posted on June 27, 2014 by Jazzy Wright

The American Library Association (ALA) recently joined other civil
liberties groups, Internet activists and nonprofits in supporting the FOIA
Improvement Act of 2014, a bill introduced to increase the public’s ability
to access to government records via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
On Thursday, a coalition of advocacy groups sent an open letter
<https://mail.alawash.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=ykEqWzNsOUSa-cTbec19BFV1g0sPZtEIwXnqunbOTMFrz4LzuGueJAubluug0l_FWd9WV7lwVoY.&URL=http://www.districtdispatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/FOIA-Improvement-Act-sign-on-letter-2014-06-19.pdf>
(pdf) to Congress, welcoming the new bill.

Patrice McDermott, executive director of OpenTheGovernment.org, said that
“passage of the FOIA Improvement Act would be a significant step toward the
Administration’s promise of an ‘unprecedented’ level of government
openness.”

The legislation, which was introduced in the Senate, requires agencies to
weigh the public interest in the release of a requested document and of
make it clear that the exemption does not cover records that are more than
25 years old.

Read the full letter
<https://mail.alawash.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=ykEqWzNsOUSa-cTbec19BFV1g0sPZtEIwXnqunbOTMFrz4LzuGueJAubluug0l_FWd9WV7lwVoY.&URL=http://www.districtdispatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/FOIA-Improvement-Act-sign-on-letter-2014-06-19.pdf>






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